Conferences on Communicating and Assessing Innovative Strategies for Life Sciences Teaching to Undergraduates

生命科学教育联盟（CELS）是一个生命科学专业组织网络，它要求为1995年、1996年和1997年举行的关于大学生生命科学教育的三次会议提供支助。 这些将是CELS IV，CELS V和CELS VI会议。 会议将强调教育计划的评估，生命科学电子信息交换中心的发展，有关示范计划的信息传播，以及改善教师和研究生助理教学和课程设计的方法。 第四届会议将于1995年6月在麦迪逊的威斯康星州大学举行;第五届会议将于1996年在拉斯维加斯的内华达州大学举行;第六届会议将在华盛顿举行。 会议将限于175名参与者，以促进互动，CELS鼓励来自同一机构的教师和管理人员作为团队参加。 形式将包括关于广泛主题的全体会议，如评估，较小的分组讨论和实践研讨会，材料演示和小组讨论，以及展示有效教学的演示。 其成果将是教学材料和会议记录，这些材料和会议记录将通过支持生命科学研究中心的所有专业协会和一个自我维持的生命科学研究中心网络传播，以促进本科生生命科学教育这一重要领域的持续工作。

The Coalition for Education in the Life Sciences (CELS), a network of life science professional organizations, is requesting support for three conferences in 1995, 1996, and 1997 on undergraduate life science education. These will be the CELS IV, CELS V, and CELS VI conferences. The conferences will emphasize assessment of educational programs, development of a life sciences electronic clearinghouse, dissemination of information about exemplary programs, and ways for improving faculty and graduate assistant teaching and course design. CELS IV will be held in June, 1995, at The University of Wisconsin, Madison; CELS V in 1996 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; and CELS VI will meet in Washington, DC. The conferences will be limited to 175 participants to promote interaction and CELS encourages faculty and administrators from the same institution to attend as teams. The format will include plenary sessions on broad topics like assessment, smaller break-out discussions and hands-on workshops, materials presentations and group discussions, and demonstrations that show effective teaching. The outcome will be teaching materials and conference proceedings, which will be disseminated through all the professional societies supporting CELS and a self-sustaining CELS network for ongoing work in this important area of undergraduate life sciences education.